lank — OET · Shobdo

lank

adjective

1 the man had lank, brown, greasy hair:

limp, lifeless, lustreless;

straggling, straggly, dull, unkempt, untidy;

straight, long;

informal ratty.

▷antonyms glossy, lustrous.

2 his long, lank figure:

tall, thin, slender, slim, lean, lanky, skinny, spindly, spare, gangling, gangly, scrawny, skeletal, scraggy, emaciated, size-zero, bony, gaunt, raw-boned, gawky, rangy, skin-and-bones, angular, pinched, attenuated;

informal weedy.

▷antonyms short, fat, stocky.

lank (1) Oxford Dictionary of English